2004 UAW-DaimlerChrysler 400

Race 3 of 36

Las Vegas
267 laps
Time of race: 3:06:35
Average speed of winner: 128.790 mph
Margin of victory: 3.426 sec.
Lead changes: 18 among 10 drivers
Cautions: 6 for 37 laps
Fastest lap: Matt Kenseth
Lap leaders: Kahne pole, Ku. Busch 1-4, Kahne 5-35, Johnson 36-40, Riggs 41, Kahne 42-53, Stewart 54-88, Craven 89, Stewart 90-94, Kenseth 95-138, Waltrip 139, Kenseth 140-168, Stewart 169-172, Kenseth 173-184, J. Burton 185, Harvick 186-201, Stewart 202, Harvick 203-229, Kenseth 230-267

Race notes: First pole for Kasey Kahne. Debut for Kyle Busch. Matt Kenseth took the points lead from Dale Earnhardt, Jr.

Video links: Entire race

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	25	Matt Kenseth	17	DeWalt Power Tools	Ford	Roush	Reiser	171.679	267	4	123	running	458828	190
2	1	Kasey Kahne	9	Dodge Dealers/UAW	Dodge	Evernham	Baldwin	174.904	267	2	43	running	260775	175
3	19	Tony Stewart	20	Home Depot	Chevrolet	Gibbs	Zipadelli	172.728	267	4	45	running	219603	170
4	4	Jamie McMurray	42	Texaco/Havoline	Dodge	Ganassi	Wingo	174.436	267	0	0	running	150925	160
5	27	Mark Martin	6	Viagra	Ford	Roush	Tryson	171.505	267	0	0	running	127875	155
6	11	Elliott Sadler	38	M&M's	Ford	Yates	Todd Parrott	173.740	267	0	0	running	131808	150
7	13	Casey Mears	41	Target	Dodge	Ganassi	Elledge	173.405	267	0	0	running	117050	146
8	7	Bobby Labonte	18	Interstate Batteries	Chevrolet	Gibbs	McSwain	173.863	267	0	0	running	136583	142
9	2	Kurt Busch	97	IRWIN Industrial Tools	Ford	Roush	Fennig	174.548	267	1	4	running	108500	143
10	21	Rusty Wallace	2	Miller Lite	Dodge	Penske	Larry Carter	172.403	267	0	0	running	129108	134
11	29	Dale Jarrett	88	UPS	Ford	Yates	Ford	171.423	267	0	0	running	120492	130
12	32	Kyle Petty	45	Georgia-Pacific/Brawny	Dodge	Petty	Steadman	171.146	267	0	0	running	101275	127
13	28	Jeff Burton	99	Pennzoil	Ford	Roush	Andrews	171.483	267	1	1	running	119417	129
14	6	Jeremy Mayfield	19	Dodge Dealers/UAW	Dodge	Evernham	Francis	174.267	267	0	0	running	104950	121
15	20	Jeff Gordon	24	DuPont	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Loomis	172.469	267	0	0	running	128128	118
16	12	Jimmie Johnson	48	Lowe's	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Knaus	173.444	267	1	5	running	98050	120
17	37	Terry Labonte	5	Kellogg's	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Long	170.304	267	0	0	running	107600	112
18	23	Sterling Marlin	40	Coors Light	Dodge	Ganassi	McCall	171.996	266	0	0	running	112750	109
19	38	Joe Nemechek	01	USG Sheetrock	Chevrolet	MB2	Ryan Pemberton	169.977	266	0	0	running	97150	106
20	10	Bill Elliott	91	UAW/DaimlerChrysler/NTC	Dodge	Evernham	Johns	173.768	266	0	0	running	76200	103
21	16	Kevin Harvick	29	GM Goodwrench	Chevrolet	Childress	Berrier	173.010	266	2	43	running	112328	105
22	8	Brendan Gaughan	77	Kodak Easy Share	Dodge	Penske	Shane Wilson	173.823	266	0	0	running	83450	97
23	3	Brian Vickers	25	GMAC Financial Services	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Sospenzo	174.537	266	0	0	running	83275	94
24	30	Johnny Sauter	30	AOL/IMAX NASCAR 3D	Chevrolet	Childress	Hamlin	171.358	266	0	0	running	73250	91
25	17	Ricky Craven	32	Tide	Chevrolet	PPI	Charpentier	172.983	265	1	1	running	89039	93
26	34	Ward Burton	0	NetZero Hi-Speed	Chevrolet	Haas	Furr	170.783	265	0	0	running	70750	85
27	5	Ryan Newman	12	Alltel	Dodge	Penske	Borland	174.340	265	0	0	running	114117	82
28	33	Ricky Rudd	21	Motorcraft	Ford	Wood Brothers	Leslie	171.130	264	0	0	running	92306	79
29	15	Scott Riggs	10	Valvoline	Chevrolet	MB2	Randolph	173.066	264	1	1	running	91237	81
30	22	Robby Gordon	31	Cingular Wireless	Chevrolet	Childress	Chris Andrews	172.150	264	0	0	running	101487	73
31	36	Johnny Benson, Jr.	09	Miccosukee Resort	Dodge	Finch	Pitts	170.401	263	0	0	running	65600	70
32	31	Ken Schrader	49	Schwan's Home Service	Dodge	BAM	Eggleston	171.352	263	0	0	running	65400	67
33	40	Derrike Cope	50	redneckjunk.com	Dodge	Don Arnold	Hillman	169.311	262	0	0	running	66125	64
34	24	Jeff Green	43	Lucky Charms	Dodge	Petty	Putnam	171.750	200	0	0	accident	91250	61
35	26	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	8	Budweiser	Chevrolet	DEI	Eury, Sr.	171.516	196	0	0	handling	111978	58
36	35	Kevin Lepage	4	YokeTV.com	Chevrolet	Morgan-McClure	Carrier	170.444	182	0	0	engine	64600	55
37	14	Michael Waltrip	15	NAPA	Chevrolet	DEI	Labbe	173.266	163	1	1	accident	100431	57
38	41	Carl Long	02	RacingJunk.com	Pontiac	Hermie Sadler	Cope	163.701	145	0	0	oil leak	64175	49
39	39	Scott Wimmer	22	Caterpillar	Dodge	Bill Davis	Stoddard	169.673	37	0	0	engine	71975	46
40	9	Greg Biffle	16	National Guard/Subway	Ford	Roush	Richert	173.807	23	0	0	engine	71750	43
41	18	Kyle Busch	84	CarQuest	Chevrolet	Hendrick	DeHart	172.955	11	0	0	accident	63555	40
42	43	Morgan Shepherd	89	Voyles/Carter's Royal Disposal	Dodge	Shepherd	Troy Kelly	164.986	9	0	0	overheating	63375	37
43	42	Kirk Shelmerdine	72	Tucson/Freddie B's	Ford	Shelmerdine	Phil Harris	163.320	8	0	0	engine	63413	34

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Matt Kenseth	523	3	0	2	2	3
2	Tony Stewart	435	3	0	0	2	2
3	Elliott Sadler	405	3	0	0	0	2
4	Jeff Gordon	404	3	0	0	0	2
5	Kurt Busch	400	3	0	0	0	2
6	Kevin Harvick	399	3	0	0	1	1
7	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	398	3	0	1	2	2
8	Kasey Kahne	385	3	1	0	2	2
9	Jamie McMurray	385	3	0	0	2	2
10	Casey Mears	367	3	0	0	0	1
11	Bobby Labonte	360	3	0	0	0	1
12	Rusty Wallace	356	3	0	0	0	2
13	Joe Nemechek	347	3	0	0	0	1
14	Jeremy Mayfield	339	3	0	0	0	0
15	Ward Burton	335	3	0	0	0	1
16	Scott Wimmer	334	3	0	0	1	1
17	Terry Labonte	332	3	0	0	0	0
18	Sterling Marlin	321	3	0	0	1	1
19	Jimmie Johnson	320	3	0	0	1	1
20	Mark Martin	316	3	0	0	1	1
21	Ryan Newman	307	3	1	0	0	1
22	Dale Jarrett	307	3	0	0	0	1
23	Brendan Gaughan	306	3	0	0	0	0
24	Johnny Sauter	297	3	0	0	0	0
25	Ricky Rudd	294	3	0	0	0	0